bamtunebam
The Great Pumpkin

It's true. I had a roommate who worked at Home Depot and they don't give discounts to employees. Lowe's only gives 10%, but I guess that's better than nothing.

That's awesome, bam! 14 hours is HUGE! Gotta feel good to get some progress under your belt this early.

I did nothing - can't remember why. I think I was just exhausted from work (it's our busy season). Not looking too good in the near future.

I am DEFINITELY looking forward to longer days - it's gonna be hovering around -20 Fahrenheit for the next couple days. The cold definitely takes the fight outta me.

Haha. Yeah, I changed my avatar again, and it very well may be close to my original I get bored easily, what can I say? Really, I like to switch things up on occasion. I'll probably keep it for awhile this time

You're very welcome, bamtunebam. Hope that it went great

You are welcome. I have a standing Rigid drill press and I use it all the time. I think you could use them on a table top or a workbench if needed as well. You'll have to let me know how you like it when they come in.

Thanks bamtunebam! That's great, they're right here in Houston. Okay, now I just need to save up, plus finish my skeletal horse. I also need to build a storage shed - we're bursting at the seams here for storing props. Your spinning laser tunnel actually wouldn't be bad for breaking down, but the skeletal horse may be challenging. Hope everything is going well with you.

You are very welcome and thank you for the picture comments also.

We almost went whale watching while we were there but I tend to get motion sickness sometimes so, we decided against it. We also so a couple monk seals and we saw a turtle and the blow hole (down the street a ways) I WISH I would have seen whales breaching while sitting on the beach! That's VERY cool!! Did you ever get a chance to go to the cemetery? I'm glad you had a nice trip.. I know what ya mean about the kids. That how the first trip to Kauai was for us. Gotta love em... or you would kill them. lol

You do have a long night ahead of you and I agree that sleeping on a plane is miserable! My hubby tried to save a few bucks one year and bought flights that took 12 hours from here (I'm in Southern California) Needless to say, he never did that again! lol I never let him forget that either.. lol I hope you have a safe trip home.. Vacation is nice but it's always nice to get home to you own bed too!

Talk to you later!

My hubby is not into Halloween but he is a good sport and humors me.. lol We were in Kauaii last year and thats when I noticed that sign and asked him to drive down there so I could take a peek and maybe take some pictures. He rolled his eyes but he did it. If you go, be sure to go into the wooded area.. there are tombstones in there!! That's the cool part! The hubby doesn't beleive in ghosts or anything but he even said.. "Come on.. lets go.. it's a little creepy" lol
Have fun and thank you for the early birthday wishes!

Hope you had a very Happy Haunted Birthday!!!

Hey bamtunebam! No, I had scouted ebay for some low cost laser modules earlier, but didn't have much luck so was going to check that every month until some decent deal came up. The rest of the structure looks doable, but I was playing with the idea of making a very low bridge that would allow the laser beams to also be visible underfoot. Since it could have many supports (as nothing solid would be moving under it), I was also wondering if I could make it have some sway or wobble for more disorientation. But this would probably end up being a 2013 project. For the short term I'm going to make a couple toe pincher coffins and maybe an animated skeletal horse (my big project for 2012). My wife wants to redo all of our tombstones to give them a better look using a dremel, but I'm not looking forward to that.

Hey, I see you just had a birthday. Happy birthday as well as a happy new year!

Cheers,
Demon Dog